April 28, 2012

PERCHING BIRDS

Seawalls, pilings and posts are all great places to photograph seabirds. They're at rest, so even a slow photographer usually has time to get a decent picture.

Because of that, I'm always happy to see birds on posts ... but some people are not too thrilled to have them perching there ......

Trying not to be a "potty mouth" here, but the white streaking on the pole above is a pretty good example of why some people are offended. Some places have pointed caps on the poles to try to keep the birds off but ....

... the City of Long Beach California took another tack...they rented out the tops of their poles to fake gulls. Pretty good imitations.

Well, well - ingenious, the idea of the City of Long Beach California! I might suggest this option to my Brisbane City Councillor, pity I can't have patent rights ( ha ha).
That would remove the suburbia scavanging Ibis and crows from the CBD of the city of Brisbane. When it comes to leaving "deposits" and not of the monetary variety, these two birds species are experts! Hmmmmmmmmm. Food for careful thought. Delete food, I think, and substitute ideas!
Cheers
Colin (Brisbane.Australia)
Weather report: Sunday 29th. 7.30am.
After 36 hours of constant downpours, blue skies again.

And I love seagulls ! Not bad a fake seagull on the top, but is it really useful to keep them away ? They are very intelligent and one of the best thief amongst birds ! One once dived on me and took my sandwich, lol !